{"product_id":"looking-like-the-enemy-jerry-garcza-9780816538096","title":"Looking Like the Enemy: Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and Us Hegemony, 1897-1945","description":"At the beginning of the twentieth century, thousands of Japanese citizens sought new opportunities abroad. By 1910, nearly ten thousand had settled in Mexico. Over time, they found work, put down roots, and raised families. But until now, very little has been written about their lives. \u003ci\u003eLooking Like the Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e is the first English-language history of the Japanese experience in Mexico. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Japanese citizens were initially lured to Mexico with promises of cheap and productive land in Chiapas. Many of the promises were false, and the immigrants were forced to fan out across the country, especially to the lands along the US border. As Jerry García reveals, they were victims of discrimination based on \"difference,\" but they also displayed \"markers of whiteness\" that linked them positively to Europeans and Americans, who were perceived as powerful and socially advanced. And, García reports, many Mexicans looked favorably on the Japanese as hardworking and family-centered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book delves deeply into the experiences of the Japanese on both sides of the border during World War II, illuminating the similarities and differences in their treatment. Although some Japanese Mexicans were eventually interned (at the urging of the US government), in general the fear and vitriol that Japanese Americans encountered never reached the same levels in Mexico. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLooking Like the Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious study of a tumultuous half-century in Mexico. It is a significant contribution to our understanding of the immigrant experience in the Western Hemisphere and to the burgeoning field of borderlands studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerry García\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816538093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816538096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Jerry García","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096751775999,"sku":"9780816538096","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/looking-like-the-enemy-jerry-garcza-9780816538096","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}